Thread by @YossiGestetner

Federal gov data shows that overdoses deaths in the US was 11.4% higher in the first four months of 2020 than the same four months im 2019. #LockdownGovernors, this is on you and it is also on news producers who hype every possible bad Covid data to fuel lockdowns.

As of a few weeks ago, 95,235 deaths in the US were attributed to Covid but the US has this year 122,300 more deaths than the same time last year. Narrative is thar Covid deaths are undercounted by 27K.

No. It means that LOCKDOWNS caused neglect/delay in care and then deaths!

This is on you Panic Spreaders.

This is on you lockdown crowd.

This is on you #LockdownGovernors.

This is on you Obama Alumni who package hackery to take Trump out as honest medical analysis. I am looking at you Andy Slavitt and Scott Gottleib.

washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07…

United Health’s profit almost DOUBLED the last quarter to $9.2 billion compared to the same time last year ($4.7 billion), “due primarily to the unprecedented, temporary deferral of care in the Company’s risk-based businesses.”

Quote is from the company.

#BeProudLockdownCrowd

🚨 🚨 🚨 Healthcare spending in the US for April-May-June was lower by 24.3% from the same time last year.

Lockdowns and panic stopped people from getting the care that they need!

For context, the economy overall in those 3 months was down 9.54% from the same time last year.

Employment in “healthcare and social assistance” for April-May-June averaged 1,447,000 less workers than the same time last year. This is a drop of 7.1 percent.

When the lockdown crowd speaks righteously about their policy, show them the above numbers.

Suck puppies.

🚨29.7% of the loss in economic activity in April-May-June (AMJ) compared to AMJ of 2019 was in health care.

🚨Last year AMJ, $557 billion was spent on healthcare. This year April-May-June it totalled $422 billion.

A cut of $135 billion.

In a pandemic!

Deaths WITH Covid are counted as being OF Covid-19. This is the policy. Yet, from mid-March to Mid-July, 2020, the US had 50,600 excess deaths NOT attributed to Coronavirus.

Thank you lockdowns: People can’t/don’t go to doctors and can’t have family in hospital to care for them.

The chart is by the NYT.

Basically, despite the easy way with which deaths are attributed to Coronavirus, there are 50,000 deaths in the US from mid March to Mid July above the usual level but those deaths are not attributed to Covid.

So what caused it? Lockdowns, I think.